Guilds, Innovation and the European Economy, 1400–1800.

Re-examination of the role of guilds in the early modern European economy.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Epstein, Stephan R. 1960-2007 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Prak, Maarten 1955- (MitwirkendeR)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008
Schlagworte:Wirtschaftsordnung Zunft Technischer Fortschritt Institutionenökonomik Wirtschaftsgeschichte Mittelalter Industrialisierung Europa Industrialization Guilds mehr... Europe ; Commerce ; History Guilds ; Europe ; History Industrialization ; Europe ; History Electronic books Wirtschaft Geschichte 1400-1800 Aufsatzsammlung
Umfang:1 online resource (362 pages)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Guilds, Innovation, and the European Economy, 1400-1800; 1 Craft Guilds, the Theory of the Firm, and Early Modern Proto-industry; 2 Craft Guilds, Apprenticeship, and Technological Change in Pre-industrial Europe; 3 Subcontracting in Guild-based Export Trades, Thirteenth-Eighteenth Centuries; 4 Circulation of Skilled Labour in Late Medieval and Early Modern Central Europe; 5 Painters, Guilds, and the Art Market during the Dutch Golden Age
  • 6 Craft Guilds and Technological Change: The Engine Loom in the European Silk Ribbon Industry in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries7 Guilds, Technology, and Economic Change in Early Modern Venice; 8 Inventing in a World of Guilds: Silk Fabrics in Eighteenth-century Lyon; 9 'Not to Hurt of Trade': Guilds and Innovation in Horology and Precision Instrument Making; 10 Reaching beyond the City Wall: London Guilds and National Regulation, 1500-1700; 11 Guilds in Decline? London Livery Companies and the Rise of a Liberal Economy, 1600-1800; Index